Friday, December 2, 2016

Silver Sound 2 December 2016 - Talking Like a Pirate

Today’s
guest was historical novelist Helen Hollick. Helen’s books include the Pendragon Trilogy, about King Arthur; A Hollow Crown about Emma of Normandy; and
Harold the King about the Norman conquest
of England.

Her
latest books are the Sea Witch Voyages,
which tell the adventures of rather dashing pirate Jesamiah Acorne and his
lover, Tiola. Set in the early eighteenth-century, the Sea Witch Voyages are a heady blend of historical fact, historical fiction
and a dash of fantasy – Tiola is a white witch, midwife and healer.

To
date there are five books in the Sea Witch
series, with another one planned. Helen is also about to publish a non-fiction
book about pirates.

Helen Hollick, author of the Sea Witch Voyages

Helen
lives with her husband, daughter and son-in-law in North Devon – the county
where both Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh were born. A lot of her
time is taken up with looking after her daughter’s show horses, three Exmoor
ponies, two cats, two dogs, and chickens, ducks and geese.

During the
show Helen explained the difference between a pirate and a privateer (not much
from the sound of it!), and let us into some piratical secrets about pirates
and their bling, women pirates, and Woodes Rogers and Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
of Bristol. We had a pirate quiz and some piratically-inspired music, and we
also said “arrr” a lot.

Marmalade Trust - George told us about the work of Bristol charity, Marmalade Trust. The Trust provides free Christmas lunches for elderly people who would otherwise be alone at Christmas. To find out about volunteer opportunities, how to become a Christmas day guest, how to refer a guest for Christmas lunch, or how to donate, visit the Marmalade Trust website.

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I live in Bristol and I write historical fiction and non-fiction. In 2006 I completed an MA in English Literature with the Open University, specialising in eighteenth century literature.
My historical novels are set in the eighteenth century. To date they are: To The Fair Land (2012); and the Dan Foster Mystery Series comprising Bloodie Bones (2015), The Fatal Coin (2017) and The Butcher’s Block (2017). Bloodie Bones was a winner of the Historical Novel Society Indie Award 2016 and a semi-finalist for the M M Bennetts Historical Fiction Award 2016.
The Bristol Suffragettes (non-fiction), a history of the suffragette campaign in Bristol and the south west which includes a fold-out map and walk, was published in 2013.